Saturday, June 24, 2006
A very wet day in Connecticut
It's a lazy Saturday afternoon in Connecticut with lots and lots of rain. I haven't studied my Spanish today, but I hope to before long. Now that the U.S. is out of the World Cup of soccer I've become a big fan of Ecuador soccer. They seem to have a great team and easily moved on to the group of 16, even though they lost their last game to Germany (I think). I think they will be more motivated when they play England tomorrow. They will have to play their best game!
I had thought I might take University of Connecticut (UConn) items along to Ecuador as gifts for the children we will work with and the teachers and others we will be meeting with in Ecuador villages. As it turns out I think I'll concentrate more on trying to bring back Ecuador Football (soccer only here) t-shirts, caps, etc.
In looking through the World Cup schedule I see that it will all be over July 9th. That's good, because I plan to be in Quito, Ecuador shortly after that. I'm going down a few days early to adjust to the altitude (nearly 10,000 Ft). I'll get to practice my Spanish and see if I can make it in Ecuador with my beginning level. Fortunately many of the participants, and particularly the leaders, are much better with Spanish than I am.
Must get back to my Spanish CD's.
I had thought I might take University of Connecticut (UConn) items along to Ecuador as gifts for the children we will work with and the teachers and others we will be meeting with in Ecuador villages. As it turns out I think I'll concentrate more on trying to bring back Ecuador Football (soccer only here) t-shirts, caps, etc.
In looking through the World Cup schedule I see that it will all be over July 9th. That's good, because I plan to be in Quito, Ecuador shortly after that. I'm going down a few days early to adjust to the altitude (nearly 10,000 Ft). I'll get to practice my Spanish and see if I can make it in Ecuador with my beginning level. Fortunately many of the participants, and particularly the leaders, are much better with Spanish than I am.
Must get back to my Spanish CD's.
Friday, June 23, 2006
First entry
This is the first page of a blog designed to share the experiences of the CITTI Project 2006 Tour to Ecuador. I've written a short article on the tour that I published to the ConnSENSE Bulletin website. To get an idea of what we will be doing in Ecuador, you could start by viewing that article:
http://www.connsensebulletin.com/ecuador06.html
The tour will begin July 22 when most of the group will fly to Miami and then on to Quito, Ecuador. After one night in Quito we will be off to villages to see how we can apply whatever skills we have to help individuals with disabilities. The group includes many very talented people with years of experience working with individuals with disabilities.
We hope you will enjoy this blog, and remember, the leader of this group will probably have another tour in 2007 and she will be looking for people interested in such an activity.
http://www.connsensebulletin.com/ecuador06.html
The tour will begin July 22 when most of the group will fly to Miami and then on to Quito, Ecuador. After one night in Quito we will be off to villages to see how we can apply whatever skills we have to help individuals with disabilities. The group includes many very talented people with years of experience working with individuals with disabilities.
We hope you will enjoy this blog, and remember, the leader of this group will probably have another tour in 2007 and she will be looking for people interested in such an activity.
